Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Vector – per se
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-18
2003-01-28
Salimi, Ali R. (Department: 1648)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Vector, per se
C424S093100, C424S093200, C424S208100, C424S233100, C424S199100, C435S069100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06511845
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A major goal of biomedical research is to provide protection against viral disease through immunization. One approach has been to use killed vaccines. However, large quantities of material are required for killed vaccine in order to retain sufficient antigenic mass. In addition, killed vaccines are often contaminated with undesirable products during their preparation. Heterologous live vaccines, using appropriately engineered adenovirus, which is itself a vaccine, seems like an excellent immunogen [Chanock R., JAMA, 195, 151 (1967)]. Our invention concerns vaccines using adenovirus as a vector.
Presently marketed adenovaccine comprises live, infectious adenoviruses in an enteric-coated dosage form. Upon administration to the patient to be vaccinated, the virus is carried past the upper-respiratory system (where disease-producing infection is thought to occur), and is released in the intestine. In the intestine, the virus reproduces in the gut wall, where, although it is not capable of causing adenoviral disease, nevertheless induces the formation of adenovirus antibodies, thus conferring immunity to adenoviral disease. In our invention, live, infectious adenovirus which has been engineered to contain genes coding for antigens produced by other disease-causing organisms. Upon release the virus will reproduce and separately express both the adenoviral antigen and the pathogen antigen, thereby inducing the formation of antibodies or induce cell mediated immunity to both adenovirus and the other disease-causing organism. By “live virus” is meant, in contradistinction to “killed” virus, a virus which is, either by itself or in conjunction with additional genetic material, capable of producing identical progeny. By “infectious” is meant having the capability to deliver the viral genome into cells.
Roy, in European Patent Publication 80,806 (1983), proposed a method for producing immunity to microbial diseases by the administration of a microbe containing a foreign gene which will express an antigen of a second microbe to which immunity is conferred. He states that preferred oral preparations are enteric coated. Dubelcco proposed recombinant adenovirus vaccines in which the surface protein of adenovirus is modified to contain in its structure a segment of foreign protein which will produce a desired biological response on administration to animals. [PCT International Publication WO 83/02393 (1983)]. Davis discloses oral vaccines derived from recombinant adenoviruses. [UK Patent GB 2166349 B].
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been etiologically associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related disorders. [Barre-Sinoussi, F., Science 220: 868 (1983); Gallo, R., Science 224: 500 (1984); Popovic, M., Science 224: 497 (1984); Sarngadharan, M., Science 224: 506 (1984)]. AIDS is now a worldwide epidemic for which, currently, there is no vaccine or cure. Most of the effort for vaccine development has focused on the envelope (env) glycoprotein as an antigen which might provide protective immunity. Antisera prepared against purified gp 120 can neutralize HIV-1 in vitro. [Crowl, R., Cell 41: 979 (1985); Putney, S., Science 234: 1392 (1986); Ho, D., J. Virol. 61: 2024 (1987); Nara, P., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84: 3797 (1987)]. HIV-1 envelope antigen has been produced in different expression systems including
Escherichia coli
[Crowl, R., Cell 41: 979 (1985); Chang, T., Bio/Technology 3: 905 (1985); Dawson, G., J. Infect. Dis. 157: 149 (1988)] as well as mammalian [Chakrabarti, S., Nature 320: 535 (1986); Dewar, R., J. Virol. 63: 129 (1989); Rekosh, D., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 334 (1988); Whealy, M., J. Virol. 62: 4185 (1988)] yeast [Barr, P., Vaccine 5: 90 (1987)] and insect cells [Hu, S., Nature 328: 721 (1978); Rusche, J., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84: 6294 (1987)].
Live recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the entire HIV-1 env glycoprotein [Hu, S., J. Virol. 61: 3617 (1987)] or purified recombinant gp 120 env glycoprotein [Berman, P., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 5200 (1988)] were evaluated in chimpanzees as vaccine candidates. Active immunization with these vaccines induced a good cell-mediated immune response as well as cytotoxic T-cell activity to the env antigen [Zarling, J., J. Immunol. 139: 988 (1987)]. All experimental animals seroconverted as assayed by ELISA and Western blotting. However, immunized chimpanzees developed no or only low titers of neutralizing antibody to HIV-1. Challenge with live virus failed to protect chimpanzees against these vaccines. Type-specific HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies were found in chimpanzees early in infection against a variable domain (V3) within the C-terminus half of gp 120 [Goudsmit, J., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 4478 (1988)]. The recombinant gp 120 made in insect cells has also been shown to induce humoral immune response in goat (Rusche J., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84: 6294 (1987)]. Zagury [Nature 332: 728 (1988)] have demonstrated both anamnestic humoral and cellular immune reaction in humans using a vaccine virus recombinant expressing gp 160 [Chakrabarti, S., Nature 320: 535 (1986); Hahn, B., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 4813 (1985)]. Both group-specific cell-mediated immunity and cell-mediated cytotoxicity against infected T4 cells were also found. These results indicate that an immune state against HIV-1 can be obtained in humans using recombinant env-based vaccine. Recently, Desrosiers has shown that vaccination with inactivated whole simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) can protect macaques against challenge with live SIV. [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86: 6353 (1989)]. These data provide hope that vaccine protection against human AIDS virus, HIV-1, infection may be possible.
Chanda discloses high level expression of the envelope glycoproteins of HIV-1 in the presence of rev gene using helper-independent adenovirus type 7 recombinants. [Virology 175: 535 (1990)]. Vernon discloses the ultrastructural characterization of HIV-1 gag subunit in a recombinant adenovirus vector system. [J. Gen. Virology 72: 1243 (1991)]. Vernon also discloses the preparation of the HIV-1 recombinant denoviruses Ad7-rev-gag and Ad4-rev-gag.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention provides a method of producing antibodies or cell mediated immunity to an infectious organism in a warm blooded mammal which comprises administering to said warm blooded mammal intranasally, intramuscularly, or subcutaneously, live recombinant adenoviruses in which the virion structural protein is unchanged from that in the native adenovirus from which the recombinant adenovirus is produced, and which contain the gene coding for the antigen corresponding to said antibodies or inducing said cell mediated immunity. The warm blooded mammal is preferably a primate, most preferably a human.
In its preferred embodiments, this invention provides a method of producing antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human papilloma virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rotavirus, or parainfluenza virus in a warm blooded mammal which comprises administering to said warm blooded mammal intranasally, intramuscularly, or subcutaneously, live recombinant adenoviruses in which the virion structural protein is unchanged from that in the native adenovirus from which the recombinant adenovirus is produced and which contain the gene coding for, respectively, human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human papilloma virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rotavirus, or parainfluenza virus.
This invention also provides composition for producing antibodies or cell mediated immunity to an infectious organism in a warm blooded mammal, comprising live recombinant adenoviruses in which the virion structural protein is unchanged from that in the native adenovirus from which the recombinant adenovirus is produced,
Chanda Pranab K.
Davis Alan R.
Hung Paul P.
Lee Shaw-Guang L.
Lubeck Michael D.
Brazil Bill T.
Gordon Alan M.
Li Bao Qun
Salimi Ali R.
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